GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| febrile | marked or caused by fever : feverish |
| appurtenances | accessory objects |
| myopic | affected by myopia : of, relating to, or exhibiting myopia : nearsighted |
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
| rabid | extremely violent : furious |
| strut | to become turgid : swell |
| parley | to speak with another : confer |
| scuffle | to struggle at close quarters with disorder and confusion |
| debilitate | to impair the strength of : enfeeble |
| stygian | of or relating to the river Styx |